August 2011 - Chicago & LA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I had to break that day in two otherwise it would be yet another epic blog without pictures and the hope of an ending as you scroll down the page. So we left the excitable girls primping and comparing their dolls and headed »
August 2011 - Chicago & LA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wide awake at 530am wondering why both of us just couldn't go back to sleep and then when we wanted to it was 9am and time to seize the day. Started the day in a Cafe for breakfast watching the clouds »
August 2011 - Chicago & LA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remind me that I need to attack that Toffee Apple store at O'Hare airport on my way out of here. Mum spotted it, looks amazing. Our drive in was probably one of the most scenic drives from airport to Hotel that »
August 2011 - Chicago & LA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. I have learnt that is ok to ask for a glass of champagne in Business Class at 6am in the morning. And no, that wasn't me. It was the lady I walked past on the way to my much smaller »
You might be behind a curtain stuffing your face like I am but cultural respect goes a long way. »
August 2010 - Dubai -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So, down to the last few hours here in Europe. Just over four weeks has gone by and it was almost time to start our extended journey home, but before that we needed to have one more last swim in the Four Seasons pool, it’ »
August 2010 - France -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cannes (compared with Nice) is SO much easier to drive to, drive in, park in… well you get the point I’m trying to make. In Cannes, Mum and I had a priority 1 and priority 2. Jimmy Choo… Prada. Right now I’m having »
August 2010 - France -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next time we’re going to listen to Thomas and not the the Hotel Concierge who told us to take exit 57 to Nice (he even highlighted it). That was the scenic route, but the scenic route takes you halfway to Monaco, to the road »
August 2010 - France -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It’s taken 25 blogs for me to finally be in some familiar territory. Today was the day that I would return to Provence. French drivers are more impatient than Italian drivers… just saying. Driving to Nice from Monaco was surprisingly quick. We stopped once »
August 2010 - Monaco -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Things are slowing up. It now takes over two hours to get going of a morning. An hour to get ready and an hour for breakfast. The changing of the guard was 1150 and even with a taxi we didn’t arrive until just before »
August 2010 - Italy/Monaco -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Those cute little birds didn’t get the best of us this morning. We made sure our table was nowhere near where they clearly enjoyed perching. Jonno joined us for breakfast, kind of a last supper before everyone went off in their different directions »
